A tool for building community through social media. Focus is on fostering engagement and building community through the platform through interaction rather than information sharing by moderators. All members can share and post events. The service requires a fee, but a free trial is available.
Ning.com could be used as a tool to facilitate community in a class through use as a discussion module and ability for users to organize themselves for assignments through event functions. It could also be used in the free trial version as a mode for creating virtual communities of practice in relation to course materials.
Ning
A tool for building community through social media. Focus is on fostering engagement and building community through the platform through interaction rather than information sharing by moderators. All members can share and post events. The service requires a fee, but a free trial is available.
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Ning.com could be used as a tool to facilitate community in a class through use as a discussion module and ability for users to organize themselves for assignments through event functions. It could also be used in the free trial version as a mode for creating virtual communities of practice in relation to course materials.Back to Home